Sewing-machine finger-protector.



M. MAS'HBIR.

SEWING MACHINE FINGER PROTEGTOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 24, 1912.

Patented Aug.12,1913.

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MARCUS MASHBIR, OF WEST HOBOKEN, NEW J SEWING-MACHINE FINGER-PROTECTOR.

Application led September 24, 1912.

Speciication of Letters Patent.

Serial N0. 7 22,065.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS Mnsrim, a citizen of the United States, and al resident of West Hoboken, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sewing-Machine Finger-Protectors, o`f which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to a class of devices adapted to be used in conjunction with the needle of a sewing machine.

My invention has for its object primarily to provide a form of protector designed to be employed 'for preventing the ngers of the operator of a sewing machine from being injured when the machine is in usel for stitching, and wherein is employed two spaced fender members, or bars which are vertically disposed in front of the needle of the machine in a manner to permit the operator to observe the character of the stitching which is being produced. These bars are supported upon the presser-foot of the machine by a bracket which is detachablj;T held to the presser-foot bar, and upon each of said bars as well as the bracket are provided. a plurality of spaced lateral guards, or fingers.

A further object of the invention is to provide a linger protector of simple and efficient construction, and which is susceptible of being made in different sizes so as to be adapted 'for use upon varioustypes of sewing machines.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification in which similarl characters of reference indicate .corresponding parts in all the views, the said invention being more fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the appended claims.

In :the drawing, Figure 1, is a perspective view of one form of sewing machine finger protector embodying my invention as applied to the presser-foot bar of a machine. Fig.- 2 is another perspective of the device. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the protector and the presser-foot bar of the sewing machine, and Fig. 4 isa top plan of the protector, and a section through the presserfoot bar and the needle bar of the machine.

The device, or sewing machine finger pro'- tector is adapted to be detachably applied to the adjustable bar 10 which carries a presser-foot, as 11, of any well known, or preferred type of sewing machine, and s'aid protector is of a form to encompass the needle- 12 and the needle-bar 13 of the machine in a manner to permit the said bar and ltts needleto be reciprocated without obstrucion.

The linger protector has two fender members, or bars 14 and 15 which are preferably spaced apart in parallel relation to provide an observation opening 15a therebetween, and said bars are disposed at the ends of the toes of the presser-foot 11 of the machine so as to extend vertically in front of the needle and needle-bar thereof, as shown in the drawing. The lingers of the operator of the machine will thereby be prevented .from contacting with the needle of the machine when employed for stitching,`and at the same time permitting the character of the work to be observed without obstruction.

Integrally formed upon the lower end of the vertical bar 15 is one end of a transverse rod 16, and integrally formed in proximity to the lower end of the vertical bar 14 is one end of a transverse rod 17 which is preferably substantially L-shapcd. The opposite ends of the rods 16 and 17 are formed to the vertically disposed arm 18 of a supporting `bracket 19 which is substantially the shape of an inverted L- wherebyv a cross-arm 20 is provided at the top portion of the arm 18.

Serving as a means to-prevent the fingers of the operator of the machine from being injured through accidental insertion between the bracket 19 and the fender bars 14 and l15, I provide a plurality of laterally disposed guards, or fingers 21, 22, 23, 24. All of the guards, or ingers 21, 22, 23, 24-are alike in formation consists of a substantially rectangulaL plate one of which extends from the bar 14 toward the presser-foot bar 11, and midway between the L-shaped rod 17 and-thezuppcr end yof said bar. The guards 22 and 23 extend at spaced intervals from the bar 15 toward the presser-foot bar 11, and between the transverse rod 16 and the upper end' of this bar, while the guard 24 extends-from the vertical arm 18 toward the bar 15, and this guard is positioned sothat itsvfree end is in alinement centrally with the space'between the guards 22 and 23. As shown, the vguards 22, 23, 24 are of lengths whereby a space is provided between the free ends thereof so as to avoid obstruct-ing the movement of the set Patented Aug. 12,1913.

and each of said guardsscrew, as 26, of the needle-bar 13 when it is reciprocated, and, moreover, by this arrangement my protector may be made in a compact form as well as permitting the needle of the machine \to` be removed from, or suitably adjusted in the needle-bar without requiring the device to be\detached from the machine.

In order to detachably hold the device upon the presser-foot bar of the machine, to one end ofthe cross-arm 20 of the bracket 19 is pivotally held a clip, or bar 27 the central part of which is curved in substantially a U-shape so as to be guided around the presser-foot bar, as illustrated, and the other end of the clip, or bar 27 is removably held to the corresponding end of the crossarm 20 of the bracket 19 by an adjustable screw, as 28, which is threaded in an opening in said cross-arm, and the neck of said screw is then passed into a slot 29 formed in the upper edge of t-he cross-arm 20. Through the center of the curved part of the clip 27 is a threaded opening, and movably threaded in this opening is a thumbscrew 30 which when rotated is adapted to engage the presser-foot bar whereby the clip and bracket 19 may be arranged upon the presser-foot bar for suitably adjusting and supporting the device proper.

In the foregoing description, I have embodied the preferred form of my invention, but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without de'- parting from the principle, or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, therefore I reserve to myself the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope thereof.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A sewing machine finger protector of the character described, comprising two spaced fender members, each being adapted to be vertically disposed in front of the needle and at the ends of the toes of the presser-foot of a sewinoP machine, a supporting bracket, means adapted to detachably hold the supporting bracketto the lpresser foot bar of the machine, means adapted to hold each of the fender members tothe supporting bracket in spaced ,relation from said supporting bracket, and two guards, each provided upon one of the fender members, and all of said guards extending toward the' supporting bracket.

2. A sewing machine finger protector of the character described, comprising two spaced fender members, each being adapted to be vertically disposed in front of the needleand at the ends of the toes of the presser-foot of a sewin machine, a supportting bracket, means a apted to detachably hold the supportin bracket to the presserconnecting the supporting bracket to each of the fender members so as to be in spaced relation from said supporting bracket, and a plurality of guards, one provided upon one of the fender members and two providedat spaced intervals u on Athe second fender member, and all o said guards extending laterally toward the supporting bracket.

l3. A sewingl machine finger protector of the character described, comprising two s aced bars, each being adapted to be vertically dis osed in front of the needle and at the en s of the toes of the presser-foot of a sewing machine, a substantially L- shaped supporting bracket, means adapted to detachably hold the supporting bracket to the presser-foot bar of the machine, two transverse rods, each having one end secured to the supporting bracket, and each .having its other end secured to one of the spaced vertical bars so as to space the bars from said supporting bracket, and a plurality of guards, one provided iipon one of the vertical bars, two rovided at spaced intervals upon the second) vertical bar, and one provided upon the vertical arm of the sup )orting bracket, the free ends of the guards of said bracket and the free ends of the guards of the second vertical bar being spaced apart.

l4L. A sewing machine finger protector of the character described, comprising 'two spaced bars, each being adapted to be vertically disposed in front of the needle of the machine at the ends of the toes of the presser-foot of a sewing machine, an inverted substantially L-shaped supportinfr bracket, a clip adapted to detachably hold the supporting bracket to the presser-foot bar of the machine, a transverse rod having its ends integrally formed upon one of the vertical bars andthe vertical bar of the supporting bracket, a second substantially L- shaped transverse rod having its ends integrally formed upon the second vertical bar and the vertical bar of the supporting bracket, and two fingers, each extending from one of Ithel vertical bars ina direction toward the supporting bracket and each finger being spaced from the transverse rod of its respective vertical bar.

5. A sewing machine nger protector of the character described, comprising two s aced bars, each being adapted to be vertlcally disposed in front of the needle and at the ends of the toes of the presser-foot of a sewing machine, an inverted substantially L-shaped arm adapted to be disposed adjacent tothe presser-foot bar of the machine,a clip adapted to permit the L-shaped arm to be detachably fastened to the presserfoot bar, a transverse rod having its ends integrally formed upon the lower end of one of the vertical bars and upon the lower toward the L-shaped arm, and one of the said rectangular plates extending from the L-shaped arm above one of the said trans- 15 verse rods and toward the vertical bar hav- 4 ing the said pair of rectangular plates.

This specification signed and witnessed this A utwenty-third day of September A. D.

MARCUS MASHBIR.

end of the inverted L-shaped arni, a substantially L-shaped transverse rod having its ends integrally formed upon the `second vertical bar in proximity to its lower end and integrally formed upon the lower-p01`l tion of said L-shaped arm, and a pluralityT of substantially rectangular plates, one extending rorn one of the vertical bars above it-s transverse rod and toward the L-shaped arm, tWo of said rectangular plates extendingat spaced intervals from the second ver-` tical bar above its transverse rod and also/fy Witnesses:

Ror. B. ABBOTT, M. DERMODY. 

